Around 7:52 p.m., officers from the Dolton and Riverdale police departments responded to multiple calls of shots being fired in the 200 block of East 143rd Street in the south suburb, Dolton Police Chief John Franklin said Sunday afternoon. When police arrived, a blue Chevy SUV drove at a "high rate of speed" toward them, almost hitting the Dolton officer's squad car, Franklin said.

A police chase ensued as the SUV went through several stop signs through Dolton and into Harvey, Franklin said, with a passenger fleeing the vehicle near 538 East Sibley Blvd. The Dolton police officer continued to follow the subject in his police car as the subject ran into a parking lot toward an alley.

The subject then turned around and pointed a semi-automatic pistol at the officer, Franklin said. The officer leapt from his squad car, which "rolled slowly" through the parking lot and into an overhead garage door in the alley. Numerous shots were fired and the subject was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:10 p.m.

The blue SUV, meanwhile, fled the scene.

Franklin said he would not release name of the man, who police believe was a gang member, but that his family had been notified. The Cook County medical examiner's office said the man has been identified as Malcolm Franklin, 22. No home address or hometown was available for Franklin. Court records indicated he lived in Dolton.

He added that it was unclear whether the man shot at the officer.

"I don't think it got to that point," Franklin said. "When my officer saw him he had to immediately engage him. He was pointed in the officer's direction."

Two semi-automatic pistols were found on the deceased at the scene, Franklin said. The officer has been placed on administrative leave, which Franklin said was protocol. The officer was "very shaken up" by the incident, he said.

"Nobody should have to return right to work after a situation like that," he said.

The investigation is ongoing as Dolton police search for one or two more suspects who were in the Blue SUV, Franklin said. Police hope to take the vehicle into custody in the next day or two. The Illinois State Police is assisting in the investigation, he said.